Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:

Comment Request

In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public

comment on proposed data collection projects [section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13], the Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed

projects developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to

obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call

the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of

the agency, including whether the information shall have practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways

to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,

including through the use of automated collection techniques or other

forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Implementation of a Reporting Form to Grantees of

the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program--New

The Maternal and Child Health Bureau of HRSA is planning to

implement an annual reporting form required of grantees of the

Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program. The purpose of

the form is to provide systematic information and data on the

activities conducted and the results obtained by EMSC program grantees

to meet the overall program goal of reducing child and youth mortality

and morbidity sustained as a result of severe illness or trauma. The

proposed form will constitute a new reporting requirement for EMSC

grantees.

Data from the form will provide quantitative information on the

different aspects of the EMSC program, specifically: (a) demographic

data/profile of populations served, (b) state EMSC infrastructure/

system development, (c) local infrastructure/system development, and

(d) training of EMS staff in pediatric protocols. This form will

provide data useful to the states and will enable HRSA to provide data

required by Congress under the Government Performance and Results Act

of 1993.

The estimated burden on respondents is as follows:

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Total

Respondents Number of Hours per hour

respondents respondent burden

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Grantees............................ 50 2 100

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Send comments to Susan Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance

Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this

notice.

Dated: August 7, 1998.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 98-21722 Filed 8-12-98; 8:45 am]

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